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| "Giving you the feedback missing from stiff graphite actions." |
Echo Glass 7129-4
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| ECHO GLASS - Two-Hand rods are the smooth easy casting rods. |
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| Dark olive guide and accent wraps |
While the rod is a bit heavier than my graphite 7126-4 rod, (8.4 oz vs 6.4 oz) it still balances out a Lamson Speedster 4 just fine, and that is not a heavy reel. 8.4 oz is still not very heavy. A Sage One 8136-4 weighs the same as this glass rod. The biggest factor that makes up for the weight of the rod is that it is incredibly powerful. There is very little effort required to cast a country mile. You are expending less energy to get more distance. A heavy rod is a burden if it requires a lot of energy to generate the line speed necessary to get it moving, but I quickly forgot all about rod weight and was more interested in dialing in the big slow cast that catapults my fly and line across the river.
I fished both the Hood and the Deschutes with this rod. A few hours on each river and I had fallen in love. I certainly enjoyed casting Scandi and Rage Compact lines on the Deschutes. The slow, gentle casting stoke was a breeze and came very naturally. I had honed in my spey casting skills on a G. Loomis Skagit Dredger years ago, but have never found a rod that was slow and deliberate, yet powerful like that rod was, until now. The glass rod is even more powerful than the Dredger, but has a similar action.
While the small fly and Scandi line set-up was a ton of fun, the rod really excels at casting Skagit lines and big flies. I tried a couple of lines and decided that I like the Airflo Skagit Compact 480 or 510 grain head the best on this rod. While the 510 was my favorite, it was on the heavier side of the grain window, which is not a terrible thing to do with a slower action rod. Speaking of which, I have cast quite a few single had glass rods and almost all of them have been a very slow action. This glass spey is quite moderate. I mean it is slower than most of the graphite rods on the market, but I was certainly expecting it to be much, much slower.
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| ECHO Spey |
This rod is the absolute opposite of the 12’6” 7wt graphite spey rod I picked up last year. The action, the classic feel, the casting stroke, the action of playing a fish and the price tag are all about as far off as you can get from each other, yet still provide the same high-quality experience.
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| Echo Glass - Smooth easy casting rods |
Thanks again to Eric Neufeld of Raging River Sales for letting me demo this rod for the weekend. I can’t wait to see the full line-up coming this winter.
ECHO GLASS Rod features:
- Alignment dots for easy assembly
- Traditional down lock cork barrel reel seat
- Classy Golden Carmel blank
- Dark olive guide and accent wraps
- Chrome snake guides
- Ceramic ringed stripper guides
- Premium grade cork handle
- Cordura covered rod case and cloth rod sock
- ECHO lifetime warranty
Andrew Perrault
Gorge Fly Shop
541.386.6977
Echo Glass Rod | Glass Spey | Glass Switch
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| ECHO Glass Single Hand |
